Jockey-plate for harness-saddles.



Hm 636,85l. Patented Nov. I4, I899.

G. E. RUUN'DS..

J UCKEY PLATE FOR HARNESS SADDLE$.. (Application filad Mar. 1599.)

(M o Modal.)

, Ill/11111111,

F/ 6-3. F/e.4.

W/T/VAFSSES,

nun PETERS co. mom-urns" wnmumou. u, c.

NITED STATES PATENT FFIQE.

GEORGE E. ROUNDS, OF PROVIDENCE, RIIODE ISLAND, ASSIGNOR TO THE CONGDON(it CARPENTER COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

JOCKEY-PLATE FOR HARNESS-SADDLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 636,851, dated November14, 1899.

Application flled March 28, 1899.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE E. ROUNDS, of the city and county ofProvidence, in the State of Rhode Island, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in J ockey- Plates for Harnesses; and I do herebydeclare the following specification, taken in connection with theaccompanying drawings, forming a part of the same, to be a full, clear,and exact description thereof.

The invention relates to jockey-plates that is to say, to those plateswhich overlie the skirt or the jockey when the saddle is provided with ajockey and are provided with a throat forming a guide and support forthe back-band where it passes through the skirt or the skirt and jockey.

In jockey-plates as heretofore constructed which were provided withflanges for resting upon the skirt of the saddle the edges of theflanges followed the curvature of the upper. edges of the sides of thethroat. With this construction of plate it is necessary to build upunder the skirt, so that the upper surface of the skirt may be curvedupward under the flanges of the plate and conform to the curvature ofsaid flanges. This building up requires time and skill on the part ofthe maker, and adds to the expense of the saddle, andisobjectionable-for this reason.

It is the object of the present invention to overcome this objection andprovide a jockeyplate which may be readily and conveniently applied tothe saddle without any building up under the skirt and a plate theflanges of which will rest firmly upon the flat surface of the skirtwhen used upon saddles without jockeys or upon the flat surface of thejockey in case the saddle is provided with a jockey.

To this end the invention consists of a jockey-plate provided with athroat for the passage of the back-band and flanges projecting from thesides of the throat, the outer edges of said flanges being in the sameplane.

In the accompanying drawings, in which is shown a jockey-plate embodyingthe present invention in its preferred form, Figure 1 is a View showingthe jockey-plate secured-in place. Fig. 2 is a plan View of said plate.

Serial No. 710,750. (No model.)

Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section, and Fig. 4 is a transverse section,through said plate.

Referring to the drawings in detail, the j ockey-plate is provided witha throat for the passage of the back-band, which throat is formed by thebase-plate 1, over which the back-band passes, and the two sides 2 and3. The edges of the sides rise rearwardly from the front edge of theplate 1, preferably in a curved line, and are connected together at therear by a narrow cross-plate 4. The flanges 5 and 6 extend laterallyfrom the upper edge of sides 2 and 3, and a flange 7 extends from thecross-plate 4:. The inner edges of the flanges 5 and 6 follow the curveof the upper edges of the sides; but the outer edges of the flanges liein the same plane, which is at an inclination to the plate 1 and passesthrough the front edge of said plate. The outer edge of the plate 7 isalso in the same plane with the outer edge of the flanges 5 and 6. Theplate 1 is perforated at 8 to receive a screw or bolt for securing saidplate to the saddletree. Whenin place, the edges of the flanges 5, 6,and 7 bear firmly upon the flat surface of the skirt 9, Fig. 1, so thatthere is no necessity of building up under the skirt to make its surfaceconform to the side flanges, as is the case in the former jockey-platesof this class. The back -band 10 passes over the plate 1 and through theopening under the cross-plate 4. This plate may be readily applied tothe saddle and may be used either with saddles having jockeys or saddleswhich do not have jockeys.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

1. A jockey-plate for harnesses having a throat formed by a base-plateand sides the edges of which rise rearwardly from the front edge of saidbase, flanges extending laterally and downwardly from the upper edges ofsaid sides, the outer edges of said flanges being in right lines in thesame plane, and a flange connecting the rear of said side flanges havingits outer edge in the plane of the outer edges of said side flanges,substantially as described.

2. A jockey-plate for harnesses having a throat formed by asubstantially fiat basea flange 7 connecting flanges 5 and 6 andhavplate1 and sides 2 and 3 having their upper ing its outer edge in said plane,substantially 1o edges rising rearwardly from the front edge asdescribed.

of said base-plate in curved lines, flanges 5 GEORGE E. ROUNDS. and 6,the inner edges of which follow the Vitnesses:

curvature of the upper edges of sides 2 and 3 JAMES H. THURSTON,

and the outer edges of which lie in a plane IRA L. FISH.

passing through the front edge of plate 1, and

